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Frankenhuis, Willem E.; Tiokhin, Leonid – Child Development, 2018
Bjorklund synthesizes promising research directions in developmental psychology using an evolutionary framework. In general terms, we agree with Bjorklund: Evolutionary theory has the potential to serve as a metatheory for developmental psychology. However, as currently used in psychology, evolutionary theory is far from reaching this potential.…
Descriptors: Biology, Developmental Psychology, Evolution, Models
Bjorklund, David F. – Child Development, 2018
In 1997, I argued that with the loss of Piaget's theory as an overarching guide, cognitive development had become disjointed and a new metatheory was needed to unify the field. I suggested developmental biology, particularly evolutionary theory, as a candidate. Here, I examine the increasing emphasis of biology in cognitive development research…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Piagetian Theory, Developmental Stages
Legare, Cristine H.; Evans, E. Margaret; Rosengren, Karl S.; Harris, Paul L. – Child Development, 2012
Although often conceptualized in contradictory terms, the common assumption that natural and supernatural explanations are incompatible is psychologically inaccurate. Instead, there is considerable evidence that the same individuals use both natural and supernatural explanations to interpret the very same events and that there are multiple ways in…
Descriptors: Evidence, Evolution, Cognitive Development, Cultural Context